Bridge+Project

BRIDGE PROJECT   Area of Interaction: Human Ingenuity === Significant Concepts: Basic design concepts. === === Unit Question: How is the Design Cycle important to the successful outcome of a project? ===

INVESTIGATE: (Day 1) Spend one day playing the following games: [|Game 1:] Click "Level 1" to begin

[|Game 2:] Click "Start" to begin

Design Brief: (Day 2) <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Requirements: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Your bridge should cross over an index card. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Your bridge should be 5 - 6 inches high. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Your bridge should 4 - 5 inches wide. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Your bridge should hold at least 100 pounds. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">You get one handful of popsicle sticks. <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Questions: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">1. What is the strongest type of bridge? Truss Bridge <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">2. What bridge would work best for me? The bridge that will work best for my purpose is a bridge that has many triangles because I need a bridge that can hold a lot of weight and since triangles are the strongest shape then it will hold quite a bit of weight, fulfilling my purpose. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">3. What geometric shape is the strongest structure? Triangle <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">4. Other questions and answers you may have: <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Research Sites to Help You Answer the Questions Above: [|How Stuff Works:] [|Instructables:] [|Student Ideas:] [|Truss Bridge:] [|Building a Bridge:] [|eHow:]

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">PLAN: (1/2 Day) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">5. Use a blank piece of paper to draw a rough draft of your bridge. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">6. On your paper include why you think this bridge will hold the most weight.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">CREATE: (4 DAYS) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">7. Did you use all of the glue, popsicle sticks and other materials appropriately? Yes <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">8. Did you work with your group members appropriately? I didn't have any group members.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">EVALUATION: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">9. Did you research bridge types? Yes <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">10. Did your bridge hold 100 pounds? yes <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">11. How much weight did your bridge hold? It held 226 <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">12. What would you do differently next time? Plan more carefully. I had a plan then it wasn't turning out the right way and I did not plan in 3D <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">13. Reflect on all the steps of the Design Cycle. What did you do well? What do you need to improve? (Notice that there are two questions, answer both of them!) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Investigate: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">1. I researched different types of bridges and saw which ones worked the best. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">2. I should have tried to find a bridge that was more like my design so that I could see how well it worked. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Plan: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">1. I drew out a detailed plan of how I wanted the bridge to work and why I think my design will work the best. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">2. I should have made my design in 3D. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Create: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">1. I worked the whole time and was responsible when creating my project. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">2. I should have thought about my materials so that it could turn out better. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Evaluate: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">1. I thoroughly answered all of the questions. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">2. I think that I could have payed better attention to the questions so that I knew what to incorporate into my bridge. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">14. Were you responsible and safe with all your materials? Yes <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">15. Did you follow all my rules in the classroom? Yes <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">16. Did you meet all the requirements for this assignment? Yes I did <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">17. How is the Design Cycle important to the successful outcome of a project? You have to make sure that you go through each of the steps of the Design Cycle so that you can make sure that you have thought about everything and that way you are more sucessful.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">18. What grade do you deserve on this unit? (1 - 6) 6

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">How you will be Graded: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Investigate = 10 points <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Plan = 10 points <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Create = 20 points <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Evaluate = 15 points <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Completing all of the requirements = 40 points <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">5 points for being nice

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Total = 100 points